1891 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record13–1
Head coach
CaptainBernard Trafford
Home stadiumJarvis Field
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   13 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   13 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   12 – 1 – 0
Tufts   –   7 – 1 – 0
Penn   –   11 – 2 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 1 – 0
Army   –   4 – 1 – 1
Navy   –   5 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 3 – 0
Geneva   –   4 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   4 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   7 – 4 – 0
Delaware   –   5 – 3 – 1
Rutgers   –   8 – 6 – 0
Brown   –   4 – 6 – 0
Springfield YMCA   –   5 – 8 – 1
Fordham   –   1 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 7 – 0
Massachusetts   –   2 – 5 – 0
Western Univ. Penn.   –   2 – 6 – 0
Lafayette   –   2 – 9 – 1
Columbia   –   1 – 5 – 0
Wesleyan   –   1 – 6 – 0

The 1891 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1891 college football season. The Crimson finished the season with a 13–1 record. The team won its first 13 games by a combined score of 588–16, but lost its final game against Yale, 10–0.[1][2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 33:45 p.m. Dartmouth
W 16–0 [3][4]
October 7 Exeter Cambridge, MAW 17–0 [5]
October 10 Amherst Cambridge, MAW 18–0 [6]
October 14 MIT Cambridge, MAW 26–0 [7]
October 17 Williams Cambridge, MAW 26–0 [8]
October 21at Andover Andover, MAW 76–0 [9]
October 24 Amherst
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 39–0800[10][11]
October 28 Bowdoin Cambridge, MAW 79–0 [12]
October 31 Springfield YMCA Cambridge, MAW 34–0 [13]
November 3 Wesleyan Cambridge, MAW 124–0 [14]
November 7 Springfield YMCA Cambridge, MAW 44–4 [15]
November 11vs. Trinity (CT)
W 38–0200[16][17]
November 14 Boston Athletic Association Cambridge, MAW 51–12 [18]
November 21vs. Yale
  • Hampden Park
  • Springfield, MA (rivalry)
L 0–10 [19]

References

  1. ^ "1891 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. ^ "Harvard Won". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 4, 1891. p. 7. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Harvard Beats Dartmouth". The Sun. October 4, 1891. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Harvard Defeats Exeter". The New York Times. October 8, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Harvard Defeats Amherst". The New York Times. October 11, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Harvard's Biggest Score This Season". The Sun. October 15, 1891. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Harvard Is Piqued". The Inter Ocean. October 18, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Harvard Defeats Andover". Chicago Tribune. October 22, 1891. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Without Life". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1891. p. 7. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Harvard's Stock Rises". The New York Times. October 25, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Bowdoin Easily Beaten". The New York Times. October 29, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Harvard Defeats Stagg's Team". New York Tribune. November 1, 1891. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "The Wesleyan Hospital: Its Inmates Matched Against Harvard With Disastrous Results". Chicago Tribune. November 4, 1891. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Stagg's Team Scores On Harvard". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 9, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ "Harvard Eleven Tested". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 12, 1891. p. 3. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ^ "Harvard scores 38 Points Against Trinity". The Sun. November 12, 1891. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "A Hard Fought Game: Harvard Defeats The Boston Athletic Association Eleven". The New York Times. November 15, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Yale 10, Harvard 0: And The Great Match Is Over". The Evening World. November 21, 1891. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.


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